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Chicanas Holding Doctoral Degrees: Social Reproduction and Cultural Ecological Approaches
Author(s) -
Achor Shirley,
Morales Aida
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1990.21.3.04x0609k
Subject(s) - reproduction , cultural transmission in animals , cultural reproduction , negotiation , social reproduction , ethnic group , sociology , ecology , class (philosophy) , gender studies , social science , anthropology , biology , epistemology , social capital , philosophy , genetics
This article discusses reproduction theory and the cultural ecologists' predictions for “castelike minorities” in light of a study of 100 Chicanas who have earned academic doctorates from U.S. institutions of higher education. As minority women from predominantly low‐income, traditionally ooriented families, their successful negotiation of the educational system fails to support the inexorability of intergenerational transmission of gender, class, and ethnic stratification. The strategies of resistance employed by these high‐achieving Chicanas to overcome formidable barriers confronted in their pursuit of the doctorate are viewed as a crucial element in their academic success. REPRODUCTION THEORY, CULTURAL ECOLOGY, MEXICAN AMERICANS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, MINORITY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT